In the summer of 1969, the festival to top all festivals took place on a dairy farm in Bethel, New York (the festival site was not actually in the town of Woodstock itself). The Woodstock Music and ...
BETHEL, N.Y. (AP) — Beverly “Cookie” Grant hitchhiked to the Woodstock music festival in 1969 without a ticket and slept on straw. Ellen Shelburne arrived in a VW microbus and pitched a pup tent.
About 450,000 people flocked to Max Yasgur's dairy farm in Bethel, N.Y. on Aug. 15, 1969, to celebrate three days of peace, love and music at the legendary Woodstock Music and Art Fair, replete with ...